Sentence examples for prior legislative from inspiring English sources

After having let the bill languish during a prior legislative session in May, in October Parliament voted to reopen debate on the bill.

The presidential chief executive, on the other hand, often lacks prior legislative and even national-governmental experience, and his main concern is with the cultivation of a majority in the electorate through the leadership of public opinion.

"The energetic judicial response to prior legislative inertia was the most extraordinary and precedent-setting feature of Boston Harbor's journey from a national disgrace to a symbol of national pride".

That title wasn't a euphemism: the law needed support from lawmakers who had viewed prior legislative efforts as toothless, as well as those who feared that a ban on assault weapons could lead to the confiscation of guns used for hunting and target shooting.

It said that there is no prior legislative history that would entitle a child given up for adoption any inheritance.

The authorities had prior legislative approval to issue such an order.

"It's not unreasonable to demand that a committee, prior to legislative hearings, would actually have the bill in question with adequate time for review and analysis," said Senator James M. Inhofe, Republican of Oklahoma, the senior Republican on the Senate environment committee.

"On top of that," added Mr. Inhofe, who is a global warming skeptic, "one would think that, prior to legislative hearings, the committee would have a thorough, comprehensive economic analysis to understand how an 900-plus page bill, designed to fundamentally reshape the American economy, affects consumers, small businesses, farmers and American families".

Boganda was poised to become the first president of the independent CAR when he boarded a plane at Berbérati for a flight to Bangui on 29 March 1959, just prior to legislative elections.

Mandel, who is 34, picked as his new senior policy advisor 27-year-old Michael Lord, who was his campaign manager and, prior to that, legislative aide.

Geer, author of the book "In Defense of Negativity: Attack Advertising in Presidential Campaigns," explained that negative ads include more useful information about policies, issues, and prior actions (like legislative votes) than positive ads do.